Improvement in harness



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i aimt i MMW- G. M.. HARNISCH, or

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent N 92,1818, datecl'July 6, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN. HARNESS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom this may concern:

Be it known that I, G. M. H ARNison, of Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have i'n vented an Improvement in Harness; and I do hereby.Y

declare-that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and n'se the same, reference -beingV had to the accompanying drawings, and letters marked thereon, making a part of this specication, in

Figure 1 is an elevation'of that part of the harness which I have improved. V

Figure 2, an elevation of the same, with the long tug removed. v

Figure. 3, a section taken'through g. 1, on the line Z Z. i

The nat-ure of the presentinvention consistsl in the novel means employed to connect the back-strap and bellyband,'in combination with adj nstable 'tugs, which are arranged to hold the conneotingstraps in place when they are adjusted.

A represents the sweat-leather, and B, the harnestng of'an ordinary horsefharness.

This tug has two or more nuts D fastened to it, by means of rivets F, tig. 3, in order that one or more thumb-screws E'may be puttlu'ongh a long tug, C, and hold it firmly to lthe llames-tug B.

A. looped attachment or buckle, M -L J N GK P, is used to connect the tug to the strap fastening onto the bt ll y-band and back-strap.

lhe part N is a bar, around which the llames-tug B is looped, and G H are the bars under which the long tug C passes.

The centre part K, fig. 3, connects with the bars P, and supports a short lug or pin, J, which passes through the connecting-strap I I'.

This strap passes through loops L, and also through suitable openings m m, made in the sweat-leather A, figs. 1 and 2, and it is held on the pin J bymeans of the long tug 0, which fits closely against thecnd of f the pin, and 'also bears on the strap. l

It will be seen from this descriptiomthat the strap I 1', passing through the sweat-leather, is drawn, when buckled to the other parts ofthe harness, closely down r on to the bar K, figs. 2 and 3, and consequently cannot be displaced by accidentfrom the piu J, when the tug G is in position, as' shown at fig. l.

'Ihe tug B is to be attached to the llames by means of any ordinary hook fastened to its end x.

The upper end 1 of the strap I 1 is to be buckled to the backlstxap, and the lower end I t0 the belly-band of the ordinary harness. Y

' The adjustment *to-,bring the tug C straight with the line of draught, is made b v placing 'the pin J in one of the holes l?, above or below, as the case may require.

The tug C is adjusted by removing the screws E, bringing'the t-ug fbrward or back one hole, and then turning in one or both screws, according to the position of the nuts; one screw, however, being sulicient to hold the tug in place.

.Y llaving thus described my invention,

That I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The combination ofthe strap I I', sweat-leather A, haines-tug B, tug C, nut E, buckle M N L J G K P, ar# ranged as described, and for the .purpose set forth.

` G. M. HARNISGH. f

Witnesses E. E. G-IBsoN, J. L. MEBIAM. 

